River Of No Return
Terry Kelly

I Think This is pretty pretty close!

[Intro]    D    E    Bm    E   (x2)

E                A                               D                                 Bm
Water risin? and rain full Force, riverboat on a reckless course, all the gamblers goin? for broke
                        E                                        D
Though the heat and the sweat and the smoke, but what have they all got to lose
            A                                      E                              D          E
Only these gamblers blues, only these gamblers who never learn, down the river of no return ____


[Chorus]
(E)               D                           A
Down the river of no return, lies an ocean of hard lessons learned
                      E                                   D          E
Past the long line of bridges that burn down the river of no return ____


                        A                                       D
Rush of the wind like a run a ? way train, subway screams out a wild refrain
                  Bm                             E                               D
Lonely child on a city street, mother waits on a window seat, She?s been waiting there for so long
            A                                   E                                D          E
Waiting for love to come home, but love?s not a goin? concern, down the river of no return ____


[Chorus]
(E)               D                           A
Down the river of no return, lies an ocean of hard lessons learned
                      E                                   D          E
Past the long line of bridges that burn down the river of no return ____


[Bridge]
                  D              A                      E              D
Ever wonder whose hand is on the wheel, ever wonder who negotiates the deals
                  Bm                     A
Ever ask yourself why, ever ask yourself why


[Solo]    E    D    A    E    D    E


                     A                                 D                             Bm
Had a friend who had all he required, had a lover with eyes on fire, a love that was pure from the start
                E                              D                                      A
Except for that restless heart, cause restless hearts always betray, somehow they get swept away
                 E                                          D          E
To a place where love?s fires won?t burn, down the river of no return ____


[Chorus]
(E)               D                           A
Down the river of no return, lies an ocean of hard lessons learned
                      E                                   D          E
Past the long line of bridges that burn down the river of no return ____
(E)               D                           A
Down the river of no return, lies an ocean of hard lessons learned
                      E                                   D          E
Past the long line of bridges that burn down the river of no return ____
(E)     D           A           E                    D          E
Nana na na, Nana na na, Nana na na down the river of no return ____
(E)     D           A           E                    D          E
Nana na na, Nana na na, Nana na na down the river of no return _____
(E)     D           A    E
Nana na na, Nana na na _____